mramo » Wed May 16, 2012 6:47 pm wrote:electrum » Wed May 16, 2012 6:26 pm wrote:mramo -please stop being such a condescending t-t -You do you realise that there was a time whn you had 2 posts to your name? What does that have to do with the discussion?
""Vilas Boas has high potential .."" you say and that is precisely the problem - Portugal league compared to EPL is a stroll in the park. How many big teams are there in that league? We cannot afford to risk someone with "potential" .
We need a PROVEN winner of MAJOR trophies .AVB will not command the respect of LFC players with his "Porto experience."
I think youre the t-it for making an assumption. Would you have really assumed back then Arsenal would have not commanded the same respect for Arsene Wenger in 1996 having joined from the Japanese league, as Chelsea hadnt for Boas? The problem is we wont get a "proven winner" in this climate. Its also key that the owners have long admired a young manager who can form something of a foundation, miracle and dynasty all rolled in one. AVB potentially fits the bill. Hes 35
Rafa has had his time. He made some major errors in the last 12-24 months of his reign and its unlikely he will be given another chance again. I personally hope someone like Guardiola (if miracles can occur) ever considers an option to join us in a potentially massive project that could pay dividends for its owners. TIme can only tell.
the truth is AVB`s first stint in a big league has ended in faliure, whats worse an average manager inherited the same group of players that looked no hopers under AVB and took them to the european cup final.
getting AVB would be a risk imo, he needs to prove himself in a big league, benitez before he came here won 2 spanish titles and the uefa cup with valencia, he had proven himself in a big league and if he had any sort of backing from H&G he would have beaten united and chelsea like he beat madrid and barca in spain.